White stuff on glass.. - Aquarium Advice

Lonewolfblue · 10-07-2006, 09:34 PM

A person asked me yesterday what the white stuff on her glass was. She said it's white, and not green or brown, and is fuzzy like the green fuzzy algae. And she said it wipes off pretty easy, but keeps coming back. Any ideas of what it is? This is the gal that got the pleco from me.

neoginn · 10-07-2006, 11:37 PM

that happened to me once, but it turned out not to be algae. It was caused by my substrate not being cleaned prior to putting it in the tank.

Lonewolfblue · 10-08-2006, 12:35 AM

She says she's been dealing with it for a couple months now. She's just going to keep cleaning it. Was just wondering how to keep it from coming back.

afishyonados · 10-08-2006, 12:41 AM

Probably not photosynthetic; colors's not right. That means it's possibly bacterial. A bio-film that is collecting dtritus, growing more film, which collects more...

Something is feed ing this. Stop feeding it. It will subside.

10-07-2006, 09:34 PM	#1
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10-08-2006, 12:35 AM	#3
Lonewolfblue Planted Geek Community Mentor Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Wenatchee, WA Posts: 7,871 Images: 7	She says she's been dealing with it for a couple months now. She's just going to keep cleaning it. Was just wondering how to keep it from coming back. __________________ 26G Medium Planted Community - 65W CF Lighting - Emperor 280 Bio-Wheel - Established Feb 2004 55G Aggressive Community - Filstar XP3 - Established Dec 2005 75G Heavily Planted - Pressurized CO2, 520W Lighting, Filstar XP3 with spraybar - Established Feb 2006 29G Planted - 130W Lighting, Filstar XP2 with spraybar - Established May 2006 5 10G Tanks - Various setups - Tanks Established May-Sep 2006. 3 currently empty. 5.5G Crypt/Java Fern Tank - Established Oct 2006 My 29G Thread : http://www.aquariumadvice.com/viewtopic.php?t=78469 My 75G Thread : http://www.aquariumadvice.com/viewtopic.php?t=70764 My 75G Makeover Thread: http://www.aquariumadvice.com/viewtopic.php?t=87691

10-08-2006, 12:41 AM	#4
afishyonados Aquarium Advice Freak Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Sumter, SC Posts: 337	Probably not photosynthetic; colors's not right. That means it's possibly bacterial. A bio-film that is collecting dtritus, growing more film, which collects more... Something is feed ing this. Stop feeding it. It will subside. __________________ Fish do not read books, nor care what we think.

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10-07-2006, 11:37 PM	#2
neoginn Aquarium Advice Regular Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Baltimore, Maryland Posts: 91	that happened to me once, but it turned out not to be algae. It was caused by my substrate not being cleaned prior to putting it in the tank.